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begin

[bih-gin] / bɪˈgɪn /




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Many volatile chemicals responsible for urine odor begin changing quickly once urine is deposited.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

The preliminary bouts begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on UFC Fight Pass and Paramount+.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

When Spurs' centre-backs are on the ball, opposing midfielders and forwards begin to push up, creating space for Spurs' attacking midfielders between the lines.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Illness can’t obliterate identity when it’s part of our identity to begin with.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

It was not until I was through the farmyard gate and out into the field that I could begin to understand what was happening.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

If this investment goes well, he then tries to persuade other struggling people that they should invest in Bitcoin, and the cycle begins anew.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

Once contraction begins, this network tightens inward and then returns to its original configuration.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Is it aliens we are seeking, “The Pineapple” begins to ask, or simply perhaps purpose?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The distinction is especially important now as Washington begins to legislate in an atmosphere shaped by the more dramatic version of this story.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The blade begins to pick up speed, releasing sonic booms as it flies.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Journalists got wind of the arrest on Monday evening, which is also when senior Reform figures in Wales began to find out.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

More than two centuries after scientists began trying to measure it precisely, that seemingly simple constant remains one of the most difficult numbers in physics to pin down.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

KENT, Conn.—As the sun began to set, a crowd gathered for the annual talent show.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

In 2025, she faced sharp criticism over the city’s response to the January Palisades fire, and for being in Ghana when the fire began amid high wind warnings.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

“There is no sense in pretending,” I began.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Looking back, I suspect my father had recently begun making a little more money, because that afternoon we bought two things I distinctly remember never having had before: Kerrygold butter and a jar of Rao’s.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

Court documents show that treatment had already begun before he was sentenced.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Best the Wafles can tell after sifting through family documents last year, Ferris Wafle had just begun playing at William & Mary in 1928, as an offensive and defensive lineman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

He’d already begun to work on a podcast and possible documentary about the case when he asked me, an old acquaintance, to partner with him.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

A well-dressed crowd had begun to gather in front of the Bolshoi Kamenny, but she avoided the main entrance and instead made her way to the alley that ran alongside the building.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Study co-author Professor James Murphy said the discovery revealed a 'smoldering' molecular problem and encouraged the researchers to focus more closely on what happens at the beginning of the disease process.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Pantoja aims to reclaim the belt he lost at UFC 331, with the main event beginning at 6 p.m. and streaming on Paramount+.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

That brings me back to the incident many years ago, as I stood in the Russian woods with my friend, underdressed and with my teeth beginning to chatter.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Damien Corvin believes the gap between starting out in Northern Ireland and building a career is beginning to narrow.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Her eyes are beginning to fill with tears.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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